In a shameful incident that sheds light on the scourge of child marriages in the war-battered Afghanistan, a six-year-old girl was forced to marry a 55-year-old man after her father allegedly sold her in exchange for a goat.

Kolkata:A man was killed and another critically injured on Sunday in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri after a mob thrashed them on the suspicion of stealing a goat, police said. The incident happened in the Damdim tea

New Delhi: Emerging Jamaican singer Furtyle Brain has got a pair of real goat horns implanted atop his head.According to the media reports, the implants were done by a Canadian-based surgeon in Jamaica."It's really the

Mumbai: Everyday we witness something or the other unusual happening around that amazes us and leaves us bewildered.In a recent, picture of a goat behind bars is going viral on social media in Maharashtra. However,

Lahore: Pakistan's halal meat exports have jumped up by 9.5 per cent to touch $230 million in fiscal 2014, according to data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.Beef constitutes more than half of Pakistan's meat

New Delhi: Goa is surely one of the most popular tourist destinations in India, not only among the Indian tourists but among foreign tourists too.Think of Goa and beaches, booze come first in our mind.

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Tuesday conceded to the state's reputation as a narco-tourism destination, saying there is a section of tourists who come to Goa only to indulge in drugs.Parsekar was speaking

Panaji: Massage parlours can't be wished away in a tourist state, said Goa Police chief T.N. Mohan, who thinks "police raj checking everybody" would be counterproductive to an industry on which the state's economy is

Panaji: Sunburn, arguably Asia's biggest electronic dance music festival, has become the first non-government, commercial event to figure in the Goa Tourism Development Corporation's online festival listing.The festival, which attracts hundreds and thousands of music

Panaji: Goa must screen entry of foreign tourists in order to keep the deadly Ebola virus at bay, Leader of Opposition Pratapsing Rane said Tuesday.Rane was speaking at a function in Panaji."People are dying like

Goa: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said Goa has enormous potential for tourism and infrastructure must be improved to tap it, a statement from the prime minister's office said."Goa is one of the key areas

Panaji: Two mascots of Goa tourism, which are being developed to spread social awareness messages among tourists against problems like drugs and pedophilia, wouldsoon be unveiled.Both the mascots would be launched during the 'Coconut and

Panaji: Goa tourism minister Dilip Parulekar has said that Tehelka's Thinkfest conference may not be allowed in Goa in future unless and until Tarun Tejpal's fate in a sexual assault case is decided."We will not

Kollam/Kochi: A 90-year-old woman was kept in a dilapidated goat-shed allegedly by her daughter next to their house at Kulathupuzha in Kerala's Kollam district.The nonagenarian, Rosily, was reportedly shifted by her daughter and family to